Can dogs get a cold after a bath?
Whippet, eight years old, almost no coat on him. Bathed him on Sunday and he shivered for about an hour afterwards even indoors with the heating on, and he has sneezed a few times since. My mother is adamant I have…
Why does my cat follow me into the bathroom and sit there staring? It is the one room she insists on.
Consistent, daily, and slightly unnerving. Every other room she visits when she feels like it. The bathroom she treats as compulsory she waits outside if the door is shut, and objects loudly. She does not do it to…
Cat wakes us up meowing every night at 3am - we have tried the obvious things and none of them worked. What are we missing?
Three year old indoor cat, in good health as far as we know, had a check up two months ago and nothing came up. What we have already tried, in roughly this order: feeding later in the evening, a timed feeder that…
My cat purrs loudly for very long stretches, does purring tire her out?
My cat is not especially affectionate, but when she does come for attention she purrs remarkably loudly and does not stop, sometimes for a long time. It made me wonder whether purring costs her anything. It is a…
Six hundred pound estimate after a five minute exam, how do you ask for a second opinion without burning the clinic
Ten year old dog, intermittently stiff in the back end, and the vet examined him briefly and came back with an estimate for imaging and bloods that came to just over six hundred. She may well be right, and I am not…
Cat vomited three times before lunch but is eating and playing normally Is This Urgent
Ten year old indoor cat, threw up three times between 7am and noon. First one had food in it, the last two were mostly clear liquid with a bit of foam. Since then she has eaten a small meal, kept it down, and is…
Emergency clinic tonight or regular vet Monday for a limp that comes and goes Is This Urgent
Saturday evening. Six year old spaniel came in from the garden holding his back left leg up, put it down after a few minutes, and has been limping on and off since: fine walking around the house, obvious limp when he…
Dog has licked one front paw raw over two weeks and I cannot find a cut Behaviour
Four year old lab mix. Started licking the left front paw about two weeks ago, now the fur between two toes is stained and the skin looks pink and damp. I have checked between every toe with a torch, no thorn, no cut,…
How long is it normal for a cat to hide and barely eat after moving house Behaviour
Moved on Saturday, so we are four days in. Our three year old cat has been under the spare bed almost the whole time. She comes out at night: the litter tray is being used and some food is going but I have barely seen…
Senior dog is drinking noticeably more water since we changed his food Senior Pets
Twelve year old collie cross. We moved him from wet to a dry senior food about three weeks ago and he is now emptying a 1.5 litre bowl most days when it used to last two. He is also asking to go out once in the night,…